Meaning of skin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
   uncountable
2. Of, relating to, or depicting pornography: skin magazines.
3. fur
4. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
   uncountable
5. By the smallest margin.
6. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
   countable
7. A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
   countable
8. To cause one to be afraid or disgusted.
9. A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
   countable
10. Beneath the surface; fundamentally: enemies who are really brothers under the skin.
11. An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a character model in a video game.
    countable
12. The outer covering of a vertebrate animal, consisting of two layers of cells, a thick inner layer (called the dermis) and a thin outer layer (called the epidermis). Structures such as hair, scales, or feathers are contained in the skin, as are fat cells, sweat glands, and sense organs (called skin receptors). Skin provides a protective barrier against disease-causing microorganisms and against the sun's ultraviolet rays. In warm-blooded animals, it helps maintain stable body temperatures by p...
13. Rolling paper for cigarettes.
    countable, slang
14. absence of pigmentation in the skin.
15. Clipping of skinhead.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang
16. Medicine. a congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes, ranging in scope from partial to total. Also albinoism. Cf. melanism. — albino, n. — albinotic, adj.
17. A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people.
    Australia, countable, uncountable
18. the surgical process of removing the outer layer of the skin, as for cosmetic purposes in the removal of acne scars, etc.
19. Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
    countable, slang, uncountable
20. neuralgia of the skin.
21. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
    countable, uncountable
22. Medicine. a condition in which lightly touching or scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks. Also dermatographia, dermographia, dermographism. — dermatographic, adj.
23. That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
    countable, uncountable
24. The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
    countable, uncountable
25. The outer surface covering much of the wings and fuselage of an aircraft.
    countable, uncountable
26. A drink of whisky served hot.
    countable, uncountable
27. A person; chap.
    British, Ireland, countable, slang, uncountable
28. A purse.
    UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.”

“Her skin is pale like chicken skin, after you have peel[ed] all the feathers.”

“In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.”

“Do you eat the skin on custard?”

“You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.”

“My friend likes to use a Spider-Man skin in Fortnite.”

“Pass me a skin, mate.”

“By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts.”

“The younger brother questions the correctness of the pursuit of the girls. "They may be of the wrong subsection," he suggests. "We can take wrong skins," says the older brother, but the younger still holds back.”

“Let me see a bit of skin.”

“the Bacchic train, Who brought their skins of wine, and loaded poles That bent with mighty clusters of black grapes”

“The skin of the sail is made of stretch-resistant Mylar”

“He was a decent old skin.”

“PAUDI:”I fucking love the pair of ye! You’re good lads. You’re loyal skins””

“[…] and away I scampered with the tiddlywink-table, while Teddy Limber […] frisked the yokel of his yack and skin.”

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